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Wanderly Wagon was an Irish educational children's television programme which aired on RTÉ from 1968 until 1982. The show pioneered the use of puppets as television characters, before Sesame Street was created in the United States. Wanderly Wagon followed the human and puppet characters they travelled around Ireland visiting interesting locations. The original premise of the show expanded to follow the characters to magical lands of Irish mythology, and into outer space. Characters
- Rory - originally the lead character, he had left by the later years.
- O'Brien - a bumbler played by Eugene Lambert , who was also the puppeteer and ventriloquist for the animal characters.
- Godmother - a sensible mother-figure.
- Fortycoats - a shopkeeper. An occasional character who later had an eponymous spin-off show.
- Mr Crow - a crow who lived in a cuckoo clock.
- Foxy - a fox who lived in a barrel on the side of the wagon.
- Judge - a dog, who also featured in televised road safety notices.
- Four moon mice who lived in the attic.
Irish television
Children's television seriesChildren's television shows are television programs designed for and marketed to children, normally aired during the morning and afternoon hours, mainly before and after school. The purpose of the show is mainly to entertain and sometimes to educate the y
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